Rev. H. Boswell on the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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KPIX Eyewitness News report from April 4th 1968 in San Francisco by Belva Davis featuring brief scenes from an interview with Reverend H. Boswell, who reflects on the killing of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis (TN). Boswell states that Dr. King: "Lived in imminent danger continuously. This was his sacrifice and his willingness that the ideas in which he believed and to which he gave his life would somehow be gotten across to America. He knew that someday, they literally were going to get him."

Type of material
archival newsfilm
Duration
2:30
16mm b&w, co-magnetic sound film
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Date aired
4/4/1968
Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Identifier
KPIX 35099
Views
3227

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